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Hu Guang was stunned for a moment, and said with a slightly annoyed tone: "Humph, they don't have the guts yet!"

"Then you made them feel in danger!" Yuan Qiao said smoothly after hearing this, and from the tone of his voice, he didn't seem to care much.

"Impossible!" Upon hearing this, Hu Guang subconsciously denied it.

Yuan Qiao didn't answer, obviously he didn't care about what happened next.

Hu Guang felt bored, so he clicked offline and exited from the chat group system. Suddenly, he remembered something and was stunned.

After the original Emperor Chongzhen came to the throne, he hated the eunuchs headed by Wei Zhongxian. Not only did he whip Wei Zhongxian to death, he even felt that the number of eunuchs was not enough after the ministers presented the list of eunuchs, so he wanted to expand the scope of the attack and arrested many more. Few people. Even after the case was settled, the party fights in the name of eunuchs continued because it was effective.

Thinking of this, Hu Guang suddenly seemed to have an impression. Historically, the relationship between the civil servants and eunuchs of the Chongzhen Dynasty seemed to be good, so much so that the factory guards did nothing. In the writings of those scholars, it was said that the factory guards of this dynasty were loyal people. . It’s just haha!

Reminiscent of the time when Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, there was only one eunuch, Wang Chengen, around him. Civil servants and military generals surrendered one after another, including a large number of eunuchs. Could this phenomenon simply be attributed to the fact that these people are greedy for life and afraid of death? Is there no element of Emperor Chongzhen himself?

At this time, Hu Guang remembered a famous saying by Mencius: "If the ruler treats his ministers like his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart; if the emperor regards his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a countryman; if his ministers regard his ministers as grass and mustard, then his ministers will I regard you as an enemy."

Although this statement is a bit absolute, it is not unreasonable. At least the original fate of Emperor Chongzhen reflected this to some extent. Although some ministers also died for sacrifice, this was against the background of thousands of years of Confucian thought. Thinking of this, Hu Guang realized something.

At this moment, Wang Dehua outside seemed to be unable to wait any longer, and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this slave is just conducting a simple investigation, but the involvement is already shocking, and many eunuchs with handprints are involved. Your Majesty, please take a look."

After hearing this, Hu Guang frowned and suddenly said to the outside: "The order is passed, all the twelve eunuchs, the fourth division, the eighth bureau's young eunuch and above are waiting in the imperial study."

Wang Dehua was overjoyed when he heard this. It seemed that His Majesty was angry and might kill him as a warning to others. Haha, I see you don't respect our family on weekdays, now, our family has these real evidences, and we must make you look good!

With this thought in mind, he immediately responded loudly: "I obey your order!"

Wang Dehua moved quickly, and in less than half an hour, almost everyone was there.

Then, Hu Guang took charge of the study. Along the way, the eunuchs and maids who served were all trembling with fear. Others may not know the situation, but they are on duty and probably know what is going to happen next. Many of them were even very scared because they might be involved.

The young eunuchs and eunuchs in the royal study were all powerful figures in the inner palace. When they came in an emergency, they were more or less aware of what had happened. Suddenly, many people turned pale, looking at Wang Dehua with anger, jealousy, regret, etc. in their eyes.

In the imperial study room, only Wang Dehua held his head high. He guessed in his heart that His Majesty chose to be in the Imperial Study Room, obviously to deal with this matter. With His Majesty's temper, I'm afraid many people will be killed this time! As he thought about it, he felt very proud.

Even when the emperor arrived, among the high-pitched greetings, Wang Dehua had the loudest voice and the strongest power.

After Hu Guang sat down, he looked at the group of eunuchs and young eunuchs kneeling below him. After a moment of silence, he looked at Wang Dehua, who had been waiting eagerly for a long time.

After receiving the prompt, Wang Dehua suppressed the excitement in his heart, took out a fold of paper from his sleeve and said: "Your Majesty, all the things that I have checked about the inside and outside of the palace are here. Your Majesty, please take a look."

Except for his voice, there was no other sound in the imperial study room. After he finished speaking, it was so quiet that even his breathing could not be heard.

But the emperor didn't say anything or signal, and let Wang Dehua just stand there holding a stack of folds, which made him very surprised.

After a while, Hu Guang spoke slowly, his voice a bit stern: "Although I didn't read the list, I can guess that there will be many of you in that fold. The internal ministers know the foreign ministers. Don’t you know it’s a big taboo?”

The emperor was angry and said such words. Everyone in the imperial study, including Wang Dehua, did not dare to face Hu Guang directly. They fell to the ground and did not dare to move. There were even many people whose backs were covered in sweat.

Hu Guang glanced at them and felt their fear, so he calmed down and said, "But you people are my confidants, so I let you sit in these positions and do errands for me. For the sake of the past, I will spare you this time. But next time, I will kill all nine of his tribes!"

In this case, even Wang Dehua, who was unwilling to do so, had to join the others in thanking him loudly.

After the imperial study became quiet again, Hu Guang signaled: "Burn it!"

Wang Dehua burst into tears after hearing this. But no matter how reluctant he was to give up, he had no choice but to get up, throw the folded book in his hand into a heating charcoal basin nearby, and watch the sharp weapon used to attack others turn into ashes after all his hard work.

When the other young eunuchs and eunuchs saw it, they understood that the emperor was imitating Cao Cao's allusion of burning letters, in order to show that he would no longer care about it and forgive him this time, and they couldn't help but feel very moved in their hearts.

"Ding, achievement value +1, from eunuch Shen Liangzuo!"

"Ding, the achievement value is +5, from the eunuch Gao Qiqian!"

"Ding, achievement value +1, from eunuch Cao Huachun!"

"Ding, achievement value +5, from eunuch Li Fengxiang!"

"..."

The sound of ding ding ding kept ringing. Except for Wang Dehua, who did not contribute, everyone else contributed achievement points. Hu Guang glanced at the lower left corner of the chat group system and saw that the achievement value finally stopped at 381.

This time, Hu Guang was happy, not bad, not bad, it was a complete surprise!

However, on the surface, Hu Guang remained the same. After Wang Dehua returned to his original position, he said again: "You should read more of the "Nei Ling" and "Zhong Jian Lu" and do not leave the Nei Shutang. Just throw these two books aside, otherwise if you don’t remember your duty, you will easily follow Wei Ni’s path!”

He also knew from the memories of the original Emperor Chongzhen that eunuchs in important positions basically came from the inner study hall. They not only had to have writing skills, but also had to receive ideological and moral education.

This "Internal Order" is the admonishment given to eunuchs by emperors since Taizu and Taizong; and "Zhongjianlu" collects the deeds of eunuchs in various dynasties and generations who were law-abiding and served as a model for the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty to follow.